A few clubs looking over the shoulder now

Things are going Wigan’s way! Even little things can make a difference.

Last week, the referee missed the hand ball by Figueroa before the winning goal. This week, Bunn was suspended for one game and Kone scored the winner past third choice goalkeeper Camp.

Wigan play Manchester City on the Wednesday after the Semi Finals at Wembley. Wigan will have an extra day to recover.

Spurs play Basel in a Europa League Quarter Final this week. If they reach the Final, they will have to play 12 games in 6 and a half weeks. That’s a demanding programme.

They would then play the first leg of their Semi Final on Thursday 25 April, just before their trip to Wigan. That should give Wigan an advantage, especially if it’s the away leg.

Also, I do believe that the weekend we face West Ham, we play midweek against Manchester City a few days before but West Ham also play midweek in a rearranged fixture against Manchester United, so we aren’t at a disadvantage there.

If Chelsea and us make the final, we would play Tuesday before the final weekend of the season, BUT Aston Villa would also play in a midweek fixture against Chelsea, so that would again take away our disadvantage.

Hopefully Spurs keep going in Europe and come to the DW after a long trip to Russia 2 days earlier….

I imagine the training sessions in between would be light sessions and more about tactics to make up for the midweek games. The clubs not stupid, they’ll make sure the players aren’t totally burned out and remain focused.

The important thing is we stick together as a club and keep getting behind the players. Sunderland and Villa fans are getting restless, as are Norwich, Stoke and maybe Newcastle if they mess up next weekend. Us and Southampton are getting behind the team and it’s helping them.